Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 campaign has released a video previewing the border security policies the Republican presidential candidate announced Monday, promising the administration would “deter aggression” at the southern border. .
“We will secure our borders. We will stop cartels. We will build walls. We will stop aggression.” “No excuses.”
The video describes the border as a “total disaster” and explains how “dangerous criminals and deadly drugs are pouring into the country.”
“Americans are becoming less and less safe by the day,” the video said, followed by a record number of arrests of people on terror watch lists and the seizure of large amounts of fentanyl. points out that
“Every year things get worse and worse.”
As 2024 campaign heats up, Desanti announces plans to secure southern border
DeSantis is set to formally announce his policies Monday in Eagle Pass, Texas, the area that saw the most immigrant traffic during the immigration crisis that exploded in 2021.
This policy rollout will be the governor’s first formal policy rollout. Prior to this, the campaign launched new products with slogans such as “Build walls. No excuses.”
Fighting illegal immigration is expected to be a top priority for DeSantis, who has made numerous efforts to combat illegal immigration as Governor of Sunshine. Earlier this year, he signed a sweeping anti-immigrant bill that would require employers to use E-Verify, tighten penalties for human and drug smuggling, and ban local governments from issuing IDs to illegal immigrants.
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He has caused controversy by sending illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts and most recently to California as part of a program to relocate illegal immigrants. He recently secured his $24 million additional funding for that program.
Florida also responded to a request for help from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott by deploying law enforcement, including the National Guard, drones and other resources to the border.
As a presidential candidate, Mr. DeSantis has promised, if elected, that he would close the border and declare a national emergency, resume building the border wall, end Biden-era policies and restore the “stay in Mexico” policy. .
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Political Roundtable in Bedford, New Hampshire, Friday, May 19, 2023 (AP Photo/Robert F. Bucati)
“We’re going to close the border. We’re going to build a border wall, end mass immigration and hold Mexican drug cartels accountable,” he said last month.
Mr. DeSantis visited the border Earlier this month, he received a briefing, toured the border wall’s imperfections, and last week announced a coalition of 90 sheriffs nationwide who will work together to protect communities from the effects of the crisis.
The development comes despite the Biden administration touting a sharp drop in encounters since the policy was put in place at the end of the Title 42 Public Health Order on May 11, but the border crisis is still ongoing. It was held while the number of encounters in May exceeded 204,000. .
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Republicans roll back Trump-era policies while continuing to accuse the administration of so-called “catch and release” policies. Florida recently successfully challenged a Department of Homeland Security policy to release immigrants into the interior without a court date in cases of overcrowding. That policy is currently blocked due to ongoing litigation.
The administration has criticized lawsuits targeting its policies and urged Congress to pass a sweeping immigration bill to fix a “broken” system, but the bill has yet to garner significant Republican support. .
